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Samaa Zidan

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

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BIOPHYSICAL MECHANISMS UNDERLYING THE GENERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF RULE-LEARNING ENGRAM

Sankhanava Kundu, Daniel Keren, Iris Reuveni, Samaa Zidan, Amit Kumar, Jackie Schiller, Edi Barkai

The paper shows that rule-learning in rodents occurs abruptly through a discrete moment involving enhanced intrinsic excitability, synaptic changes, and a decline in IEG-expressing neurons.

Communications Biology · Jun 3, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Epigenetic inheritance of complex learning abilities in the mammalian brain

Samaa Zidan, Michael Andreyanov, Alaa Saleh, Noa Barnea, Sankhanava Kundu, Amit Kumar, Natanela Bakman, Tali Rosenberg, Maya Hovav, Friedrich W. Johenning, Dietmar Schmitz, Sadegh Nabavi, Steven A. Kushner, Asaf Marco, Shai Berlin, , Edi Barkai

This study shows that complex learning abilities can be inherited through epigenetic modifications in the mammalian brain, as offspring of trained rodents exhibit enhanced neuronal excitability and DNA methylation changes.

bioRxiv · Aug 31, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience